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Baby ninja turtle and vilan tattoo2/27/2024 Which means that too much of its early going gets dedicated to retelling the Turtles' origin story: There's a dastardly corporation that does genetic testing, a rogue scientist who steals the "ooze" that turns creatures into mutants, some misplaced ooze that slips into the sewers, and the four baby turtles who cross its path. the Machines) and written by a committee that includes Seth Rogen, offers a full franchise reboot. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, a fun and visually striking animated feature directed by Jeff Rowe (who worked on 2021's fantastic The Mitchells vs. You can even get your picture taken with some weird new version of the Turtles that I’m not familiar with.Īre you a big Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan? Which Turtle is your favorite? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter.Movie Reviews Old Shells, New 'Turtles': Tinkering With The Insides Of A Famous Franchise The exhibit is going to be open until July 14, so if you want to check it out, you still can. Checking it out was worth voluntarily going to Midtown on a weekend. My wife, Amy, cares way more about the Turtles than I do, especially the first three movies, so she was very excited for the exhibit. Now that I know a lot more about NYC, things like the Turtles’ headquarters being in the abandoned City Hall station are super interesting to me as well. It’s fun to revisit, especially for the Sam Rockwell cameo as “Head Thug” (actual character name) and the clubhouse of any kid’s dreams (maybe without the cartons of cigarettes). Maybe unconsciously that was what led me away from Ninja Turtles, having to be the goober Turtle.īeyond the animated series, I enjoyed the first movie a lot. In reality, I was Donatello, the smart one. He was the Turtle I wanted most to be like. He talked like a surfer and only cared about pizza and having a good time. My favorite Turtle was always Michelangelo (I had the figure in the photo above). I didn’t move to New York until 2007, so I assume that ice cream and tuna fish must have been pulled from topping lists in the city sometime in the 90s. They were happy go lucky party dudes who protected the city against colorful villains, while eating pizza whenever they could, featuring a lot of toppings that you couldn’t get in Ohio but apparently were available everywhere in New York City. The original animated series was the version of the Turtles I knew and liked best. I stopped caring about anything Turtles related following the first animated series and movies, so I really only cared about half the room, but if you stuck with the Turtles for their subsequent animated shows and movies, those are represented as well. The Ninja Turtles exhibit is small, consisting of only one room, and only provides a superficial overview of the history of the franchise, but it’s more than sufficient for the casual fan. Paley is suggested donation, so you can pay as much or as little as you like for admission. I recommend coming armed with a list of shows or clips to look up so that you can make the best use of the 90 minutes you’re permitted to browse the collection. In addition to the Turtles exhibit we spent some time in their library perusing video clips from their collection, and while the archive available to guests isn’t nearly as extensive as that which is accessible to their members and researchers, it’s a great way to spend a couple of hours if you take a trip to NYC. As a resource, the Paley Center is amazing. Now that I’ve revealed I’m only a casual Ninja Turtles fan, hopefully you’ll stick around to check out some of the things my wife and I saw when we went to the Paley Center for Media in Midtown Manhattan, the worst part of NYC, to visit the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Exhibit sponsored by Nickelodeon. I like the Turtles, but they were never as important to me as the Muppet Babies or WWF Superstars were. Despite all this, I don’t share the Ninja Turtles obsession that most of my friends who grew up in the 90s have. I saw the first movie, and I’m pretty sure I saw the second one (definitely not the third). I watched the original Ninja Turtles cartoon as a child, and owned a handful of the Kenner action figures. This is not going to be the only article covering the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on this website, but it will probably be the only one written by me. They’re the world’s most fearsome fighting team…
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